US EditionMeet Valerie Hamaty, the Arab Christian leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Valerie Hamaty is a frontrunner on the Israeli talent show 'Rising Star' and has advanced by performing iconic Israeli songs, including 'Hurricane' with a survivor of the October 7 attack.
- Hamaty, an Arab Christian, is the only such contestant, and her success has sparked debate amid the ongoing war in Gaza, with mixed reactions from both Arab and Jewish communities.
- She plans to represent Israel at Eurovision but has stated she will not sing in Arabic, choosing instead to perform a ballad in English with some Hebrew.
- Hamaty's father, Tony, highlighted the support she has received from victims' families of the October 7 attack, emphasizing that music can transform fear and reach hearts differently.
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einnews.comMeet Valerie Hamaty, the Christian Arab leading the race to sing for Israel at Eurovision
Arab Christian singer leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision
Valerie, a ninth-generation native of Jaffa and polyglot who speaks five languages, began her education at a French Christian school in Jaffa before transferring to a public school in Tel Aviv.
Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Arab Christian leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A frontrunner on the latest season of “Rising Star,” the Israeli talent show, has advanced on the basis of her renditions of an iconic Israeli song that includes words from the Shema, one of Judaism’s central prayers, and “Hurricane,” the country’s post-Oct. 7 anthem that she performed alongside a survivor of the Hamas massacre that day. Those might be unsurprising selections in a Jewish country that has lately been defined by its response to Oc…
After the shocking captivity video of Leary Elbagh released yesterday by Hamas, just a few hours before the broadcast of “The Next Star,” all I wanted was to see people shouting, not singing. But after 456 days that have passed since Seven in October, it's almost crazy to expect Channel 12 captains to change their broadcast schedule because of a “paltry” thing like a video from captivity. If a few months ago we were still talking quietly about h…
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